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Introducon
PatrickSadjakshowsthatevensoseriouspeopleaspresidentialcandidates
canbestillvulnerableenoughtondthemselvesmaincharactersinthepo-
liticalsatirebroadcast.InanattempttotieAmericanpresidentswithoneof
mostcommonsymboliccliches,JolantaSzymkowska-Bartyzelinvestigates
thecowboysymbolisminactionsofselectedU.S.chiefexecutives.
Finally,remindingusthattheUnitedStatesistheonlyremainingsuper-
power,authorsertheirviewsontheinternationalcontextofthe2012
Americanpresidentialelections.SpasimirDomaradzkiandPiotrJózefczyk
speakaboutthehumanrights,whereasAlfTomasTønnessen,Dagmara
Suberlak,andJoostBaarsseenanalyzetheEuropeanaspectofbothBarack
ObamaforeignpolicyandtheissueofEuropeinbothRepublicanPartypri-
mariesandraceofObamaandMittRomney.Last,butnotleast,Wojciech
Michnikpresentstentative,rst-termonlyassessmentofforeignpolicyof
theUnitedStatesunderBarackObama,whereasMateuszBogdanowiczdeals
withtheissuethatpresidentialcandidateshaveinmindformorethanacen-
tury:whatshouldbetheroleoftheUnitedStatesintheglobalarena.
AtthispointwewouldliketothankProfessorAndrzejMania,Vice-Rec-
toroftheJagiellonianUniversity,ProfessorBogdanSzlachta,Deanofthe
FacultyofInternationalandPoliticalStudies,andProfessorAdamWalaszek,
DirectoroftheInstituteofAmericanStudiesandPolishDiaspora,fortheir
nancialsupporttopublishthevolume.Wewouldalsoliketoexpressour
greatappreciationtocontributorswhoansweredourcallandagreedtopub-
lishtheirresearchinthisvolume.Wearegratefulfortheopportunitytowork
withsuchawonderfulgroupofscholarsandcampaignprofessionals,andwe
hopethatthereadersofthe2012U.S.PresidentialElection:Challengesand
Expectationsvolumewillshareourhighregardfortheresultsofthiscollec-
tivework.
PawełLaidler
MaciejTurek
Kraków,Spring2014